Aoac International, Inc. A / K / A Aoac International

Aoac International, Inc. A / K / A Aoac International, a tax-exempt non-profit organization headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, operates as a prime recipient for federal grants and a prime contractor for federal purchase orders, delivering proficiency testing services, consensus standards development, and laboratory certification to civilian and defense health agencies. The organization competes full-and-open and does not hold SBA certifications, as its non-profit structure precludes set-aside eligibility.

Aoac International's capability footprint centers on proficiency testing for food, feed, and microbiology laboratories; development of consensus performance standards for analytical and forensic testing methods; and stakeholder convening and standards publication. Representative contract work includes a $154,313 purchase order from the Food and Drug Administration (awarded June 2024, ultimate completion June 2027) for food and feed laboratory annual proficiency testing performed in Jefferson, Arkansas; a $4,600 purchase order from the Defense Health Agency (awarded October 2024, completion September 2025) for microbiology proficiency testing; and a $5,040 purchase order from the Defense Health Agency (awarded October 2025, completion September 2026) for microbiology proficiency testing. Recent grant work includes a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (awarded September 2026, completion February 2028) to establish an advisory panel and working group developing consensus standards and validation protocols for fieldable colorimetric drug tests, and a project grant from NIST (awarded October 2024, completion December 2025) to develop consensus performance metrics and validation protocols for drug test strips, with dissemination to law enforcement, forensic laboratories, and public health agencies.

Customer concentration clusters in civilian health and food-safety agencies. The top five named customer entities by award count account for 54% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (32 awards, $2.2 million combined potential value), the Food and Drug Administration (19 awards, $2.7 million), the Department of the Army Medical Command (18 awards, $94 thousand), the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Science and Technology Program (6 awards, $165 thousand), and the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (5 awards, $67 thousand). By potential value, however, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate ($4 million across 3 awards) and the National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations ($3 million across 1 award) rise to the top, indicating anchor grants alongside high-volume contract activity at USDA and FDA.

Aoac International operates under five named indefinite delivery contracts, predominantly USDA vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract AG3A94C080001 carries 15 task orders ($497 thousand combined potential value), AG3A94C130011 carries 13 task orders ($417 thousand), and 533A940307 carries 7 task orders ($608 thousand). Activity has been sporadic in recent years — two awards in 2022, one in 2023, four in 2024, and one each in 2025 and 2026 — with combined potential value across all 149 awards (prime and sub combined) totaling $35.3 million, of which $29.1 million (82%) has been obligated. Only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $154 thousand, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Aoac International's subcontractor footprint is negligible: one subcontract award under Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (awarded November 2024) for analysis and studies support. The vendor's NAICS profile reflects its non-profit standards-development and testing-services mission, with 69 awards categorized under Professional Organizations, 31 under Testing Laboratories and Services, and 12 under All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; primary PSC categories align to Reference Laboratory Testing (44 awards) and professional support certifications and accreditations (11 awards).